Journal on Interactive Systems (Feb 2023)

Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about?

  • Valéria Quadros dos Reis,
  • Maria E. R. Rabello,
  • Anderson C. Lima,
  • Guilherme P. S. Jardim,
  • Eraldo R. Fernandes,
  • Ulf Brefeld

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2023.2954
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1

Abstract

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We present and analyze a new corpus comprising 82 privacy policies in Brazilian Portuguese collected from popular apps in Google Play Store called APP-BR. The contained documents are characterized by excessive lengths and poor readability. Analyzing their content reveals a severe lack of objectivity and compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. Our results shed light on the problems in accessing privacy information and are supposed to constitute a basis for finding a remedy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first effort to evaluate privacy policies according to the current Brazilian legislation.

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